[at-l] shipping stove fuel

[lubitz@alpha.fdu.edu (Richard S. Lubitz)]

In 93 I had to do a business trip to Wytheville, VA and decided to get in 
some AT time over the weekend before my business.  My plan was to fly down 
Friday night, stay in the Holiday Inn in Wytheville and hit the trail on 
Saturday.  Sunday night would again be in the Hol. Inn.  To make sure 
that I had fuel for my stove, not wanting to go shopping Saturday AM 
instead of being on the trail, I had Campmor ship a cannister to the 
holiday inn with the notation to hold for guest arrival on Friday.  It was 
there as promised.

Rich
> 
> > I'm wondering how to resupply Primus stove fuel during a thru-hike.  I
> just
> > got off the phone with the U.S. Postal Service and they said I can't ship
> it
> > through them.  Are there enough UPS dropoff points or stores along the
> way?
> 
> I've been agonizing about this a little. Gas cartridges cannot be shipped by
> air. You can ship them UPS ground with special haz-mat fees. Personally, I'm
> going to rely on stores along the way. The AT has become so popular that I'm
> gambling many of the small stores close to the trail will be carrying some
> kind of cartridge. To up the odds I've recently bought an MSR with a
> "universal" mount. It takes all but the old puncture type Gaz cartridges.
> Furthermore, after reading through the guides, there seem to be plenty of
> towns with real outfitters who are certain to carry at least one brand.
> 
> v
> 
> 
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